Hat-shaping machine.



s. K. DAI/IES.

HAT SHAPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 3o. 1915.

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HAT SHAPING MACHINE. APPLlcATloN FILED ocT.30.1915.

Patented om. 17,1916

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lHAT SHAPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 3o. I9I5.

Patented oet. 17', 1916.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be ,it known that I, SAMUEL K. DAvIEs, a. citizen of the. United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Campbell and State' of Kentucky, have* invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Shaping Machines, of Whic'hothe following'is a specification.

My present invention is van elaboration upon the invention shown, describedI and claimedlin my application for Letters Patent of theUnited States, Serial No. 50,768, filed September I5, 1915.

' It is the object of my present invention to provide anew and improved' machine for shaping hats, fespecially .the brims and headsize portions of the hats.- 7

It has been. the usual upractice heretofore in formingthe' brims of womens hats to press the same between solid molds, both of which were heated, .the pressure remaining upon the material luntilthe material shall have 'become set to sha-pe, the molds being separated and the formed material removed. In the usual method thus employed the dryingof the material was retarded by being inclosedbetween solid molds.

In theusual method heretofore employed it has also been customary to provide a different set of two solid molds foreach differently shaped brim and .each 'different head-size thereof employed, making it necessary.,to` provide a great number of coperating pairs of solid molds for accommodating all the various shapes and head-sizesof brims.

It is the obj ect of my invention to provide novel means whereby one of the solid coperatingfmolds may be dispensed with; further to provide novel means whereby the material is in view of the operator during the process of shaping; further to provide novel adjustable means wherebytozimpress various head-sizes by said nieans; further to provide an adj ustable lhead-size coperating part for the molds over which the'materials same coperating head-size part may be employed for different head-sizes of different molds.

It is a further object of provide. an adjustable head-size part arlranged for forming either an outsideheadsizeoran inside head-size, adjustablefor` either; furth r to provide an adjustable head-Size pa arranged to coact with an op- Specication of Letters Patent.

my invention to* Patented oet. 17,1916,

Application'ledVOcto/Jer 30, 1915. lSerial'No. 58,801.

posing mold forming a turned-down brim or with an -opposing mold forming a turnedup brim; and, further, to provide novel means coperating with the head-size parts for securing the materiall to the mold', so that the adjustable head-size part and said securing means may coperate with the material for stretching the same and maintaining the same in stretched relations.

The invention fwill b e further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

.Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hat'shap-l ing machine embodyin my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation o the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a hori-' zontal section ofthe same taken on the i line 4.--4 of-Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section of the material forming parts, taken on the line 5 5 ofFig. 4, and showing the same applied for forming a hatbrim with an outside head-size part. Fig. 6 is a similar view, showing parts vas forming a hat-brim withA an inside head-size part.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the flexible band and 'its adjusting means. Fig. 8 is a detail of the same taken on'the line 8-; 8 of Fig. 7.

vFig. 9`V is a cross-sectional detail of the samel taken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 7. Fi 10 is a perspective view of a portion o the iiexible band showing the clips applied` thereto. Fig. 11`is a detail view in section, takenon the line 11-11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a detail view in section, taken-on the line- 12-12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a detail view of one of the arms for the flexible tensionmember, partlyin section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 4. Fig. 14 Ais a. detail of the eccentric link-connection for the slide-frame, partly in section taken on the line 14-'-1`4 of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 15-is a cross-sectionaldetail on the line 1'5-15 of Fig. 2. 21 represents the main frame of the inachine, with relation' to which a slide-frame 22 -is movable. .Inthe present exempliiicaf tion the slide-frame comprises upright rods '23', connectedl at their upper ends by a crosspiece 24and at their lowerv ends by a cross'- girt 25j, the. rods sliding in bearings 26 in themain'frame. The. cross-piece 24 was arranged in machines Vas heretofore emlA head-' 30, shown in, the forni of a plate or spider, is located atthe top portion ofthe slide-frame and is' adjustable thereon` by means of nuts 31,y 32, adjustable lengthwise of the threaded ends 33 of the rods 23,

for adjusting the vhead and cross-piecel lengthwise of said rods and clamping said head in adjusted positions.

The main frame is provided with a table 35, having a pedestal 38. secured thereto, a lower mold being clamped to the pedestal by means of hook-clamps 40. -The lower mold may be of suitable shape or size and preferably is. a mold for `forming a hatbrim thereover having a head-size. Such a lower mold for forming a brim withjan outside head-size is exemplified at 41 -andsuch vof the hat.

rl`he mold 41 is represented as having a I wall of which forms a mold exemplified as forming a brim with an inside head-size is exemplified at 42;

Thesemolds may be of any desired shape or size depending on the shape or size it is desired to give the brim `or the head-size protruding part` 43 for forming an outside head-size part, and the mold 42 -is represented as having a hollow 44, the peripheral an inside head-size part'. l provide an adjustable part coperating with the head-size part, and exemplilied for lcoperating with either the inside head-size part or theoutside head-size part, for shaping the head-size parts of the hat. l have exemplified this adjustable part as. formed by'a flexible band 51. This flexible band may be composed of metal, preferably a SpringI metal, as spring steel. The flexible spring band forms an adjustable coperating part lfor the mold. lt is arranged to part in position and for movingthe same into coacting relation with the material, i have exemplified the following instrumentalitiesz/ A support 55 depends from the head 8 0, preferably'by means of yrods 56 having connection, exemplified as a threaded connection 57 in Fig. 8, with the support, and adjustable up and down on the head by means of nuts 58, 59, the'rods 56 beingre ceive'd through slots 60 in thehead. Blocks 61 are adjustable toward and from each other on the support, preferably lengthwise of slots 62 in the support, being clamped in adjusted lpositions by means of. clamp-nuts 63. rllhe blocks 61 are adjustable for determining the position and adjustment of the flexible band 51. Slides 64 have rollers 65 journaled thereon-and are adjusted length- 66 turned -by means of hand-wheels 67, the

screw-'rods being journaled in bearingsl 68, 69,' in the support 55. The screw-rods pass loosely through holesv 70 in the blocks 61.

The turning of the screw-rods will move the rollers 65 toward and from the blocks 61 for clamping the flexible band 51 between said rollers and blocks, or for' releasing said flexible band. rlhe lapping ends A'of the -iexible band preferably-pass two of the blocks and rollers for preventing torsional movement of the band and maintaining the band in adjusted position.

rlhe extreme ends of the band may, if desired, be held toward the body of the band spring-clips for pressing said ends. toward the body ofthe band and forming a continuous edge along the edge of the band for contacting the material, for aiding which purpose the ends of the band may be tapered, vas shownat 72.

' The flexible band maybe adjustedso as' to be received outside the material 73 stretched about the protruding part'43 ofa mold, forming an outside` head-size, or

within the material 74 stretched across the peripheralwall of 'the hollow 44, for forming an inside head-size, the adjustments of the band permitting its adjustments to minutest degree for forming either inside headsizes or outside head-sizes of various headsizes that may be employed. rlhe supporting and adjusting means are so arranged `that the formingy end of the flexible band eX- `tends beyond the supporting and adjusting means for being readily received past the mold hat.

By means of the adjusting means an ellipse, round. or othercross sectional form of head-size may be provided, determined by ,the relative adj ustments'of the blocks 61 and be briefly described as follows: A flexible tension-member 5 is arranged to be received about the material and the edge of the hatbrim mold. This tension-member may be.

lit is arranged instanced as a wire cable. to be placed 1n posltion about the mold, and

4when in such position, to bev drawn taut against the material which has been stretched about the mold for holding the material ,by means of clips 71`which `are preferably l parts controlling the shaping 'of the izo in stretched relation. The mold may be a cold .j mold, the material arranged to be pasted to the mold for shaping the sameas in hand-made hats, but usually the mold is bleopeningsin a rmg-pipe 76, fed by a arranged'gto'ibe heated, as by gas through the medium of gas-jets supplied from suitapipe 77 leading to a suitable point and provided with a valve 78.

In the present exemplification the tensionf member 1s arranged 'to be received in clips V81, shown as spring clips, secured to the free ends of rods 82 by-means of screws 83. The rods 82 are springsrods, adjusted `to positions laterally', so as to normally hold thel tension-member somewhat distancedy from the peripheral edge of. the .brim-porf tion of the mold. These rods pass through the slots'27 and are arranged to be adjusted laterally in the slots 60 and to be adjusted up and down andsecured in adjusted positions in the slots by means of the nuts 84,.

- 85. Theclosed path of the tension-member is exempliied at188, from which stretches 89 extend in opposite 'directions toward the'` sides of the machine, the respective ends of the closed'stretch crossing each other in the forward clip, as exemplified in Figs. 1' and 4. The tension-member is drawn taut about the mold'by suitable means, exemplified as extensions of said tension-member, it being understood that the term liexible tensionmember, wherever employed does not include the drawingr or pulling means.

The .extensions of the tension-member are exemplified as the stretches 89, continued over pulleys 90 as stretches 91, which are continued -over pulle s 9 2 as stretches 93, which. are lcontinue over pulleys 94, as stretches received about a' pulley 96, acting as an equalizer pulley, and arranged to 4be pulled upon for applying tensionto the ension-member. r

In my improved device motion imparted.

between the mold and thejiexible band and tension-member, so as to cause coactive positionlng between said iiexible-band` and ten-f slon-member and the mold, accomplished in 45 the present exemplification by depressing the 'flexible band andtension-member.

The 'material to be stretched may be of any desired fabric, for instance buckram,

velvet or lother fabric, to form the hat-brim.

The material vis usually dampened prioreto being shaped. A. usual material employed.

is buckramette, which has been provided `with a stitfening substance and dampened and having-a piece'of velvet or other material undampened. v laidover one or both sidesI of the same with its napexposed, the

\ v superposed materials being, placed upon the I and pulling` the same over the mold.` The mold and then pulled over the mold by the operator, two operators usually' serving' a machine, and both operatorsv taking the superposed material by means of the' hands space occupied by the tension-member lis comparatively small 'and does not interfere with the hands of theoperator, waste of stretched relation by the operators.

4pressing the treadle will depress the slide-` frame, the treadle being arranged to be received under a catch 111 for holding the same in depressed position.

A. link 103 Ais The object of depressing the slidefframe is to bring the head-size band andthe iexi! ble tension-member into coperative posi# tion or approximately so with the material on the lower mold. If desired, the 'eccentric connection 106 may be dispensed with, and

-the' link 103 articulated directly with the slide-frame, for bringing the, parts into cooperative relation, but I prefer to bring the parts into .approximate cooperative p ositions by means of the treadle and to complete thecoperative'relation by means of the operating arm 110 for rocking the eccentric and depressing the slide-frame to final position. v

Thus the material is positioned in partly stretched relation over the mold and the slide-frame depressed by means of the treadle, whereby the head-size band depresses the material part-way upon the mold. The

material is then stretched to full extent over the mold andl thedepression of the slide- 1 frame completed by operation of the operating-arm 110, for rocking the eccentric, and th'ereby drawing the head-size band -toward the mold and completing the stretching of theheadsize portion of the material, it be-A ing 'understood that meanwhile the 'outer edges of the material are being VheldTliln e flexible tension-memberv 1s then drawn taut about the o uter edge of the mold, representing the-outer edge ofthe hat-brim, which is Vaccomplished by means ofa treadle 115, pivoted about the pin 104, a' link 116 being articulated to the treadle at 117 and to the cas in of the pulley 96 at 118. The treadle is he d in depressed position .by means of any oneof a series of teeth'124 of a catch ,125.'

justing its length for. accommodating ad' plished by making the link a two-part link,

v The link 116 is preferably adjustable for ad! v justments of the rods82 to accommodate various molds, this adjustment being accomthe link-parts passing through holes 119 in clamp-blocks 120, in which the areclamped in adjustedpositions by'set-bo ts'121f.

, In order that the iexible tension-member may have a secure grip upon the edge of the I material, -ll prbvide the mold with a periphte l eral groove 12,2 into which the flexible tension-member presses the material for maintaining thea-material in stretched relation. For normally causing rising movement of lthe slide-frame I provide a lever 126 pivoted on a cross-rod 127 and havinga weight 128 thereon. 7 130 with the" lever and at 131 with the link 103. Means are provided for adjusting the positions of the -pulleys 90 in accordance with the adjusted position of thek forward onecof the rods 82, sothat the stretches 89 -may passfrom `the closed stretch of the flexible tension-member withoutl undue eleecting strain upon said rod. rlhus the pulleys 90 are shown jourraled on shoulderbolts'l35 received through pulley-housings 136. Each of the pulley-housings is arranged to slide in a guideway 137, a clampnut 138 fixing the parts in adjusted positions. The ideway 137 is in a guide-piece 139, adjusta le forward and back on a guideX 140, and arranged to be clampedvin adjusted positions by means of bolts 141 passing through apertures in said guide and through a slot 142 -in said guide-piece and thrleaded into a clamp-plate 143. Q The guides 140 are respectively clamped to the upright rods 23 by means of clamp-bearings 145, 'a tie-rod 146 connecting the rear ends of the guides 140 at the respective'sidesof the machine.

The pulleys 92 and 94 are arranged to move v with the slide-frame, being pivoted on a cross-bar 151 fixed in bearings 152 of hangers 153,- respectively clamped to the upright v rods 23 by means of clamp-bearings 154.

.When the material has been stretched about the mold with the head-size band and flexible tension-member in operative relation for maintaining the material in stretched relation, the material' is allowed to remain thus stretched about the mold until the same has become fixed to shape, the

time for accomplishing which is materially reduced in my improved device, for the reason 4that the material is exposed to the atmosphere, permitting the ready evaporation of steam, if a h eated mold is employed, and consequent drymg of the material. the material has become sufficiently dry, the

flexible tension-member is released, and the slide-frame raised for releasing the material, which is then removed from the mold. In my improved device the material may `be locally rearranged after engagement of the flexible tension-member with the material for local stretching or rearrangement of the material, at points aboutthe hat-brim, so as to insure any degree of stretching at the edge of said brim or in adjacency tothe adjustable lhead-size band, or to control theshape of the stretching, as may be desired,

the operator having the whole of the mate-4' rial in full view.

A link 129 is articulated atL When improved device is so arrangedthat c l the flexible head-size band and its supporti ing and adjusting parts and the flexible tension-member and its supporting and operatingparts may be attached to any of the well-known designs of stamper hat presses to which they may be adapted, replacing the head-size part, and means causing approach and recession between said flexible band and said mold axially of said mold during operation of the machine.

2. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a mold comprising ahead-size part, a. flexible band, means for adjusting said band into shape and size for cooperation. of its edge with said head-size part, and means for approach and recession between said flexible bandand said mold axially of ysaid'lnold during operation of the machine lfor cooperation of said edge with said head-size part.

3. ln ahat shapingl machine, the combination of a. hat-brim mold comprising a headsize part, a flexible band directed edgewise toward said mold, means for adjusting said flexible band to shape and size for coperation of its edge with said head-size part, a

flexible tension-member, means for position-- ing said flexible tension-member outside the longitudinal projection of the periphery of the brim-portion of said mold, means for approach and recession between said band and tension-member and said mold, and means for" drawing said flexible tensionmember taut about said brim-portion of said mold.

4. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a-hat-brim mold comprising a headsize part, a flexible band directed edgewise toward said mold, means for adjusting said flexible band to shape and size for coperation of its edge with said head-size part, a flexible tension-member, means for positioning said flexible tension-memberoutside the longitudinall projection of the periphery of the brim-portion of said mold, means for stepwise approachand for recession between said band and tension-member. and said mold, said stepwise approach bringing said band and tension-member and said mold consecutively stepwise'into approximate c ooperatlon and ultimate cooperation, and

. member taut about said brim-portion of said mold. P f

5. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a hat-brim mold provided -With a peripheral groove, a flexible tension-member, means for resiliently positioning said flexible tension-member outside the longitudinal projection of the periphery of said mold, means for causing approach and recession between said flexible tension-member andA said mold axially of said .mold during oper, ation of the machine, and means for drawing said flexible tension-member taut about said mold for squeezing the material being shaped into said peripheral groove by means of "said flexible tension-member.

6. In a hat shaping machine, thecombination of a mold-support, a flexible headsize band having its edge presented toward said mold-support, a support for said band, slides on said band-support, means for locating said slides in relatively adjusted positions on said band-support, and means for clampingssaid flexible head-size band to said slides whereby to adjust the size andshape of the inclosed space within said flexible head-size band.

7. In a hat shaping machine, the'combination of av mold-support, a fiexible head- Asize. band having its edge presented toward said mold-support' with its ends in lapping relation, a support for said band, slideson said band-support, means for locating said slides in relatively adjusted positions on said band-support, means for clamping said exible head-size band to said slides, a clip received over an end and the body of said iexible head-size band, and means for causing cooperative movement between said supports. j

8. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a mold-support, a fiexible band having its ledge presented toward said moldsupport, a support for said band, slides on said band-support, means for locating said slides in relatively .adjusted positions on said band-support with said band lapping across a plurality of said slides, means for clamping said flexible head-size band to said slides whereby said band is clamped at a plurality of points in lapping relations, and' means for causing cooperative movement between said supports.

9. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a mold-support, a flexible band having its edge presented towardsaid moldsupport, a support for said band, slides on 'said band-support, slots in said band-support along whlch said slides 'are adjusted, means for clamping said slides inv adjusted'.

positions, cooperating slides for said first-4 named slides, screw-rods having operative connections with said second-named slides for clamping said flexible band between said coperating slides, and means for causing coperative movement between said supports.

l0. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a mold-support, a flexible band having its edge presented toward said moldsupport, asupport for said band, -slides on said band-support, slots in said band-sup- .port along which said slides are adjusted,

means for clamping said slides in adjusted positions, coperating slides for said firstnamed slides, screw-rods journaled in said band-support passing' through said firstnamed slides and having threaded connections with said second-named slides for clamping said flexible band between said slides, and means for causing -coperative movement between said supports.

11. In a hat shaping machine, the combination of a mold-support arranged to sup- ^port a mold, a slide-frame, a band-support,

a fiexible band depending from said band'- support in a closed path with its edge presented toward said mold, means on said band-support for adjusting the size of'the closed path of said band, rods depending from said slide-frame outside said bandsupport .and said adjusting means thereon, a iexible tension-member supported by said rods in a closed path of greater size than the size of the closed path of said flexible band, means for moving said slide-frame whereby said band-support and flexible tension-member are moved toward said mold, and means for drawing said flexible tensionmember taut about said mold.

12. In a hat shaping machine, the combivnationv of a main frame, a lower mold-support, a mold thereon, a slide-frame slidable on said main frame, a flexibleband forming a closed path` directed edgewise toward said mold-support, a support for said band, means on said support for adjusting the size of the closed path of said band, a flexible tension-member, means for supporting said flexible tension-member from said' head, means for adjusting said last-named supporting means and said band-support relatively one to the other toward and from said mold-support, means for drawing said flexible tension-member taut about said mold,

' and means for movingsaid slide-frame.

l In testimony whereof, I have hereunto i signed my name in the'presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' SAMUEL K. DAVIES. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. WEBER, A THERESA M. SILBER. 

